1963–64 European Cup Explained

Tourney Name:European Cup
Year:1963–64
Size:300px
Dates:
Num Teams:31
Champion Other: Inter Milan
Count:1
Second Other: Real Madrid
Matches:61
Goals:212
Attendance:1945888
Top Scorer:Vladica Kovačević (Partizan)
Sandro Mazzola (Inter Milan)
Ferenc Puskás (Real Madrid)
7 goals each
Prevseason:1962–63
Nextseason:1964–65

The 1963–64 season of the European Cup club football tournament saw Inter Milan win the title with a 3–1 victory over Real Madrid. It was the second consecutive season that an Italian team had won the competition.

Milan, the defending champions, were eliminated by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.

Cyprus entered its champion for the first time this season.

Preliminary round

|}

Notes:For the first time in tournament history, only the title holder, Milan, received a bye.

First leg

--------------------------------------------------------

Second leg

Inter Milan won 1–0 on aggregate.----Monaco won 8–3 on aggregate.----Jeunesse Esch won 5–4 on aggregate.----Partizan won 6–1 on aggregate.----Górnik Zabrze 1–1 Austria Wien on aggregate.Górnik Zabrze won 2–1 in play-off match.----Dukla Prague won 8–0 on aggregate.----Benfica won 8–3 on aggregate.----Borussia Dortmund won 7–3 on aggregate.----Zürich won 4–2 on aggregate.----Galatasaray won 4–2 on aggregate.----Spartak Plovdiv won 3–2 on aggregate.----PSV Eindoven won 11–4 on aggregate.----Norrköping won 2–1 on aggregate.----Dinamo București won 3–0 on aggregate.----Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate.

First round

|}

1 Zürich advanced to the second round over Galatasaray by winning a coin toss, after their play-off match ended 2–2.

First leg

----------------------------

Second leg

Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate.----Borussia Dortmund won 6–2 on aggregate.----Partizan won 7–4 on aggregate.----Inter Milan won 4–1 on aggregate.----PSV Eindhoven won 1–0 on aggregate.----Zürich 2–2 Galatasaray on aggregate.Zürich 2–2 Galatasaray in play-off match. Zürich qualified on a coin toss.----Real Madrid won 8–4 on aggregate.----Milan won 6–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

|}

First leg

------------

Second leg

Borussia Dortmund won 5–3 on aggregate.----Inter Milan won 4–1 on aggregate.----Zürich won 3–2 on aggregate.----Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

|}

First leg

----

Second leg

Inter Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.----Real Madrid won 8–1 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: 1964 European Cup Final.

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1963–64 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Vladica Kovačević Partizan7
Sandro Mazzola Inter Milan7
Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid7
4 Franz Brungs Borussia Dortmund6
Metin Oktay Galatasaray6
Reinhold Wosab Borussia Dortmund6
7 Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid5
Josef Jelínek Dukla Prague5
Pierre Kerkhoffs PSV Eindhoven5
Rudolf Kučera Dukla Prague5

External links